Trevor Griffiths's groundbreaking 1975 play that 'invited audiences to laugh, then punished them for doing so' is 40 years old. Here, those who made it look back at this 'totally original' showWhen Peter Hall, then the director of the National Theatre, saw Trevor Griffiths's new play at Nottingham Playhouse in 1975, he wrote in his diary: "Trevor's previous plays … were cerebral, political, challenging the audience…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM on April 22, 2018